IN THE IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR SIOUX COUNTY (Juvenile Division) Bethany Christian Services, Petitioner, No. JVJV003849 CIVIL ORIGINAL NOTICE IN THE INTEREST OF: V.L.A Minor Child. TO KATIE GOWEN-PETERSEN, mother, JABARIE DEMETRIUS FIELDS, ALL PUTATIVE FATHERS, AND GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR V.L.. A CHILD BORN ON NOVEMBER 7, 2025, AT 1:10 P.M. AT UNITYPOINT HEALTH-ST. LUKES HOSPITAL, 2720 STONE PARK BLVD. SIOUX CITY, WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA: You are hereby notified that there is now on file in the office of the Clerk of the above Court, a Petition in the above-entitled action relating to the termination of your parent-child relationship to a child born November 7, 2025 at 1:10 p.m. at UnityPoint Health-St. Lukes, 2720 Stone Park Blvd. Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa. For further details contact the clerk of court. Petitioner's attorney is Jared R. Weber, Orange City, Iowa. You are notified that a hearing on the Petition to terminate parental rights is scheduled for January 16, 2026 at 8:45 a.m. The Petition to terminate parental rights is brought pursuant to Iowa Code Sections 600A.2(20), 600A.4, 600A.5, 600A.8 and based on releases of custody and for future adoption. You are further notified that unless, within twenty (20) days after service of this Original Notice upon you, you serve, and within a reasonable time thereafter file, a motion or answer, appear, or revocation of a release of custody in the Iowa District Court (juvenile division) for Sioux County at the County Courthouse in Orange City, Iowa, judgment by default will be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Petition. Parents against whom the Petition is brought are hereby notified they have a right to appointed counsel pursuant to Iowa Code Section 600A.6A and must make application for the same pursuant to Iowa Code Section 600A.6A(2). The attorney who is expected to represent the Respondent should be promptly advised by Respondent of the service of this notice. If you require the assistance of auxiliary aids or services to participate in court because of a disability, immediately call your district ADA coordinator at 712-279-6616. (If you are hearing impaired, call Relay Iowa TTY at 1-800-735-2942.) Iowa Judicial Branch Case No. County JVJV003849 Sioux Case Title VIOLET LOUISE You must file your Appearance and Answer on the Iowa Judicial Branch eFile System, unless the attached Petition and Original Notice contains a hearing date for your appearance, or unless the court has excused you from filing electronically. Date Issued 11/19/2025 12:00:42 PM Published December 2, 9 2025, at the total approximate cost of 76.42 and may be viewed free of charge at www.sdpublicnotices.com LABD0415937